■ 222 NocTrin.T;. 



defined by grey on inner side ; claviibrm with its extremity slightly 

 defined by blackish ; orbicular and reniforni with whitish annnli 

 defined by black, the former oblique, elliptical ; the postmedial line 

 indistinct, defined by greyish on outer side, minutely dentate, bent 

 outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; the sub- 

 terminal line indistinct, whitish, defined by slight dentate dark marks 

 on inner side, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved and dentate 

 at middle ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia with fine pale 

 line at base. Hind wing whitish, the veins and marginal areas 

 broadly suffused with brown ; cilia white, with brown line at base ; 

 the underside with the costal and terminal areas irrorated with 

 brown, a brown discoidal spot. 



Ab. 1. polyrjonides. Fore wing browner and more variegated 

 with grey. 



Hah. Russia, Urals, Kurusch (Christoph), 2 c? , 1 $ ; Armenta, 

 Caucasus; W. TaRKESTAN, Turcomania, 1 c? , Ferghana, Tarbagatai 

 Mts., Issyk-kul; E. Turkestax, Hi; Tibet, Amdo; E. Siberia, 

 Ussuri. Ex2y. 38-42 millim. 



377. Euxoa atrofusca. (riate LXII. fig. 19.) 



Cameades atrofusca, Smith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 447 (I'JOO). 



(^ . Head and thorax fuscous brown, mixed with reddish brown 

 and some grey, tegulaj more rufous ; tarsi blackish, with pale rings ; 

 abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing grey-brown, thickly irrorated 

 with black and sufi'used with blackish towards termen ; a double 

 waved subbasal black lino from costa to submediau fold ; an oblique, 

 double, waved antemedial line; claviform minute, defined by a few 

 black scales ; orbicular and reniform with gre3'ish annuli defined by 

 black, the former oblique, elliptical; the postmedial line indistinct, 

 dentate, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold 

 and incurved below vein 4; some pale points on costa towards apex ; 

 the subterminal line greyish, minutely waved, angled outwards at 

 vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points. 

 Hind wing whitish, the veins and marginal areas suffused with 

 brown ; cilia white, with brown line at base ; the underside white, 

 the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal 

 spot and slight curved postmedial line. 



The colour varies from mouse-grey to reddish brown. 



Hab. U.S.A., Washington, Pullman, 1 J , Colorado, Cflenwood 

 Springs. Exp, 36 millim. 



378. Euxoa stigraatilis. (Plate LXII. fig. 20.) 



Carneades tesaiia, Smith, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. 38, p. 1.54 (1890) ; ncc 



Grote. 

 Carneades stigniatilis, Suiith, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxii. p. 425 (1900). 



5 . Head and thorax red-brown mixed with dark brown ; abdo- 

 men greyish mixed with ochreous brown. Fore wing brown, 

 irrorated with black-brown ; claviform indicated by a dark shade ; 

 orbicular and reniform with black outlines, inside which are a few 



